Justice and Emergency Services Reception

Join techUK on 30 October at the annual Justice & Emergency Services Reception

Join techUK and sponsors on 30 October at the Annual Justice & Emergency Services Reception

We are delighted to announce that the keynote speaker for this year’s techUK Justice & Emergency Services Annual Reception will be Commissioner Cressida Dick CBE QPM of the Metropolitan Police Service. Before taking up her current role in April 2017, she worked in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office for two years, and prior to that was an Assistant Commissioner in the MPS. She was awarded a QPM in 2010, and appointed a CBE in 2015. This event is free to attend for techUK members.

This reception is an informal occasion, bringing together industry and public servants interested in the digital transformation of public safety and justice. It is an opportunity to meet fellow members of the supplier community, to hear from senior police figures about the future of digitised justice and emergency services, and to network with colleagues and public sector stakeholders.

Last year’s reception brought together almost 200 people from industry and the public sector, with speeches from Chief Constable Sara Thornton CBE QPM, Chair of the NPCC, and Angus McCallum, Director of Digital Policing at the Metropolitan Police Service. Representatives from across the criminal justice system spent a highly enjoyable evening mingling with the leading lights of the technology supplier community. So be sure to put the date in your diary!

Cressida Dick CBE QPM Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service

Cressida Dick has 34 years of public service, the majority of which she has spent in policing. She has held leadership roles in each of the organisations she has worked in, the Metropolitan Police Service, Thames Valley Police, the National Police College and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Cressida has overseen a wide variety of high-profile and complex policing investigations spanning serious and organised crime, security and protection.

From 2011 to 2014 she was in charge of UK counter terrorism policing, leading operational security and counter terrorist operations for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics.

In 2014 Cressida joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office senior leadership team. In February 2017 Cressida was appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service taking up the role in April 2017.

Cressida is former president of the British Association of Women Police and has a Master’s Degree in Criminology from Cambridge.

About techUK

techUK represents the companies and technologies that are defining today the world that we will live in tomorrow. Around 850 companies are members of techUK. Collectively they employ approximately 700,000 people, about half of all tech sector jobs in the UK. These companies range from leading FTSE 100 companies to new innovative start-ups. The majority of our members are small and medium-sized businesses.

techUK is committed to helping its members grow, by:

• Developing markets

• Developing networks

• Reducing business costs and risks

techUK is the trading name for Information Technology Telecommunications and Electronics Association, a company limited by guarantee.